tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19838051.post3845514655320859708..comments2024-01-28T22:16:50.852-06:00Comments on Mr. Dilettante’s Neighborhood: Dawn breaks, maybe a bitMr. Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13920907647566015611noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19838051.post-65750699381779337502018-04-14T00:28:01.009-05:002018-04-14T00:28:01.009-05:00Trump may not succeed; the forces arrayed against ...<i>Trump may not succeed; the forces arrayed against him are powerful and persistent.</i><br /><br />sometimes i wonder... will Trump's success or failure have more to do with the success of what he does, or the failure of those forces arrayed against him?<br /><br />The more i see the daily abuse Trump takes, and the more he just keeps getting things done that others would not or could not... the more this most unprobable of Statesman amazes me.<br />and its starting to appear that his enemies have been reduced to role players, and little else. <br /><br />Mueller, let us not forget, is a creature of the swamp. <br />He lives in the same bubble that was never going to accept Trumpnation, or believed his election even possible. In other words, Mueller is not as smart and wily as his prey. (if the IG report is any kind of a tell, neither were his comrades.)<br /><br />When this is over, he may very well look a lot less like Elliot Ness chasing Capone, and more like Elmer Fudd chasing Bugs Bunny.Ginohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09606046924332159076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19838051.post-38739045374318389172018-04-13T11:00:06.169-05:002018-04-13T11:00:06.169-05:00The hearty use of genetic fallacies in politics re...The hearty use of genetic fallacies in politics reminds me of the old lawyer's adage: if the law is on your side, pound the law. If the facts are on your side, pound the facts. If neither, pound the table. When you're insulting someone, you are simultaneously not making an argument, and the degree to which it's done these days suggests that it's not a matter of willingness, but ability.Bike Bubbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08193546045614393425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19838051.post-84942893085886252252018-04-13T09:19:18.737-05:002018-04-13T09:19:18.737-05:00Trump may not succeed; the forces arrayed against ...<i>Trump may not succeed; the forces arrayed against him are powerful and persistent. But he wouldn't be in the position he is if the people who claim to be better were actually better.</i><br /><br />That's as apt and succinct as anything I've read in the last two years. 3john2https://www.blogger.com/profile/05359114327414576258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19838051.post-9113391865439412732018-04-13T06:49:37.248-05:002018-04-13T06:49:37.248-05:00I think you've hit the mark on your assessment...I think you've hit the mark on your assessment. For the left, the classical ideas of liberalism have given way to the visceral emotionalism of a snobbish elite unwilling or unable to explain away their failure in anything other than childish name calling.<br /><br />There is a William Blake quote I found as I considered your post. "The man who never changes his opinion is like standing water and breeds reptiles of the mind."Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10361837738099549106noreply@blogger.com